Fuel element for nuclear reactor



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1. IN COMBINATION, FUEL MEMBERS CONTAINING THERMAL-NEUTRON-FISSIONABLE MATERIAL, AND A CASING COMPRISING ELONGATED MATING HALVES HAVING RIBS ENGAGING ONE ANOTHER SO AS TO FORM CHAMBERS CONTAINING THE FUEL MEMBERS, THE RIBS BEING COMPOUND AND HAVING PORTIONS OBLIQUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE HALVES SO AS TO PROVIDE A SLANTING TOP FOR EACH CHAMBER AND LONGITUDINAL PORTIONS EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE HALVES SO AS TO DEFINE A CHANNEL DISPOSED BETWEEN CHAMBERS ON EITHER SIDE THEREOF, THE RIBS ALSO HAVING SPACED OPENINGS BETWEEN EACH CHAMBER AND THE CHANNEL AT A POINT ADJACENT THE SLANTING TOP. 